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    • Z
      zerojay
      last edited by

      I've found that mpg123 will occasionally make my entire pi freeze when idle for a while so just in case you've been getting this like I have, kill mpg123 and see if it fixes your stability problems.

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      • ExarKunIvE
        ExarKunIv @AnAssassinsBlade
        last edited by

        @anassassinsblade
        that is odd, i have only mp3 in mine and i dont get any errors

        other then having to remove and put one song in at a time, i would say try a different format maybe

        RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
        RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
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          milleland @jman
          last edited by

          @jman Hi did you solved the problem with the music background while you run Daphne? Thanks a lot

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            Nayin @milleland
            last edited by

            @milleland Change the emulator name to: daphne.sh

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            • mitaholoM
              mitaholo @gazzhally
              last edited by

              @gazzhally

              "vice.sh" seems to work.

              You can see the tree of running processes with the shell command pstree. Compare the trees while running different emulators or ports and you should find the correct process name.

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              • Auz10A
                Auz10
                last edited by

                EXCELLENT METHOD, by far the best and most simplist so far. No errors anywhere either. My only issue is as stated previously when launching LXDE/Pixel from ES, music continues. Also when launching PPSSPP for PSP games, the music continues. Any advice sir? Any and all assistance will be highly appreciated!

                Some just re-image. Some actually look for the break in the code. I am somewhere between~

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                • BobHarrisB
                  BobHarris @Auz10
                  last edited by

                  @auz10 You need to edit this file: bgmusic.py (located in /home/pi/PyScripts). In here add PPSSPPSDL to the list of emulators. Now the music will stop when you start PPSSPP.

                  Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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                  • ByteThisB
                    ByteThis @BobHarris
                    last edited by

                    @bobharris Would you have a solution to kill the music when launching the Pixel Desktop (Chromium) ?

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                    • Z
                      zerojay
                      last edited by

                      Is there a particular reason you guys aren't using the runcommand-onstart and onend scripts to kill and restart the music without needing to add emulator names anywhere?

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                      • BobHarrisB
                        BobHarris @ByteThis
                        last edited by BobHarris

                        @bytethis No sorry. I figured out the names of some emulators by starting an emulator, opening winscp on my pc, connecting to the pi, opening a terminal in winscp and typing: ps -A . This shows you the names of all the running programs. You could find out what name is used for the Pixel Desktop and add it to the emulator list (treating it as an emulator). But I have no idea if that even works. I can't think of any other solution, except trying a different route , like the method Zerojay is talking about.

                        @zerojay There are some extra functionalities: Set a startsong, start a new song after exiting a game, music fade out when starting a game. When you add the missing emulators, it works just as well.

                        Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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                        • ByteThisB
                          ByteThis @BobHarris
                          last edited by

                          @bobharris Ok..thanks ! I will play around with it and see what I can come up with.

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                          • ExarKunIvE
                            ExarKunIv @zerojay
                            last edited by

                            @zerojay

                            i believe the other way that is posted here uses the runcommand to kill it, but it is way to sudden. some people like that way.
                            personally i like this way, yes it can be a pain to get the emulator to stop the music, but for me that is half the fun :)

                            RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                            RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
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                            • LexxL
                              Lexx
                              last edited by

                              Hey. I'm using the script from OP for a while now. Is there a way to mute and resume or start/stop it?
                              I can't figure out how :(

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                              • RanmaR
                                Ranma
                                last edited by

                                Just wanted to add thanks for this method of adding music to the Pi. It works beautifully and has been glitch free for me so far. :-) Very easy to setup. Brilliant!

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                                • madmodder123M
                                  madmodder123
                                  last edited by

                                  I updated this script to add overlays of song titles when browsing ES
                                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16458/modfied-background-music-script-with-added-overlays
                                  alt text

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                                    m0riarty @jman
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                                    • darkniorD
                                      darknior
                                      last edited by

                                      I have try the script, and the other solutions and that never pause the music when OMXPlayer read a video.
                                      Is there a solution ? i don't understand how to do it.
                                      The music is only PAUSE when i launch an emulator.
                                      Thanks

                                      Life is game, just play it !

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                                      • madmodder123M
                                        madmodder123 @darknior
                                        last edited by

                                        @darknior emulatornames = ["retroarch","ags","uae4all2","uae4arm","capricerpi","linapple","hatari","stella","atari800","xroar","vice","daphne","reicast","pifba","osmose","gpsp","jzintv","basiliskll","mame","advmame","dgen","openmsx","mupen64plus","gngeo","dosbox","ppsspp","simcoupe","scummvm","snes9x","pisnes","frotz","fbzx","fuse","gemrb","cgenesis","zdoom","eduke32","lincity","love","kodi","alephone","micropolis","openbor","openttd","opentyrian","cannonball","tyrquake","ioquake3","residualvm","xrick","sdlpop","uqm","stratagus","wolf4sdl","solarus","drastic","coolcv","PPSSPPSDL","moonlight","Xorg","smw","omxplayer.bin"]

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                                        • darkniorD
                                          darknior @madmodder123
                                          last edited by darknior

                                          @madmodder123 It works thanks a lot.
                                          I don't have think the OMX must be in list too :p

                                          I'm not using /etc/rc.local to launch it at start, autostart.sh is better i think :)

                                          python /home/pi/retropie_bgm.py 2>&1 1>/dev/null &
                                          emulationstation
                                          

                                          @livewire said in Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]:

                                          Delayed Start. Change startdelay to a value (in seconds) if you need the script to delay itself for some reason. At first this would have been for something like a video splash screen, but:

                                          It's a delay to launch music at start.

                                          But is it possible to add a delay to resume music every time the music is paused ?
                                          because I can hear it between 2 videos, and many small stealthy moments like that where it should not.

                                          I have try :

                                                      #Turn up the music
                                                      print "Emulator finished, resuming audio..."
                                                      if not restart:
                                                          time.sleep(5);
                                                          mixer.music.unpause() #resume
                                          

                                          I think it's here but i'm not sure how to do it?
                                          It work for the ES menu, the music come back after 5 sec, but some times i can always listen it between 2 videos and it don't take me more than 2 3 seconds to change game.
                                          Thanks

                                          Life is game, just play it !

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                                          • darkniorD
                                            darknior @darknior
                                            last edited by

                                            @darknior said in Background Music [Continued from Help/Support]:

                                            I'm not using /etc/rc.local to launch it at start, autostart.sh is better :)

                                            So stupid it's my bug, the & after emulationstation :(
                                            But rc.local not working for me.
                                            If some one can help for this too ?

                                            Life is game, just play it !

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